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Rated Zetia for High cholesterol Report

Dropped my platelets to 5,000, huge bruises on my body. Sent to ER/then admitted to hospital, given platelets, 3 times, raised up to 32,000. Two days later I am going to be tested again. I was taken OFF of Zetia 3 days ago and I will NEVER take it again. ANY drug that has that type of side effect should be removed from the market. I am extremely healthy otherwise. Have NO health issues whatsoever. This was pointed out by the doctor in ER, and the specialist I saw in the hospital.

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0.5 Stars

Posted 74 months ago (1/4/2009)0

Rated Zetia for High cholesterol Report

Within 5 days of use i experienced severe depression, severe headache followed by involuntary muscle spasming. Contemplated suicide. This is a vile and dangerous drug.

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5 Stars

Posted 94 months ago (4/24/2007)5

Rated Zetia for High cholesterol Report

Zetia is a tiny white pill that is very easy to swallow. It worked very well in combination with Pravachol in reducing my cholesteral levels from well above 200 to around 160. I experienced no side effects at all.

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2 Stars

Posted 99 months ago (12/7/2006)2

Rated Zetia for High cholesterol Report

Zetia for High Cholesterol I had a heart attack in December 2003. My total cholesterol was around 275 and my LDL and Tryglyceride numbers were quite high. HDL was in the mid-thirties.
Doctors insisted on using statins. I would always develop severe muscle and joint pain and just didn't feel well at all. I tried Pravachol, Zocor, Vytorin and Lescol but always had terrible side effects.
My doctor now has me on 10 mg of Zetia and 1877 mg of Welchol. After about six weeks, I developed a pain in my right side and my vision began to blur. We discontinued the Zetia for two months and the symptoms went away. She placed my back on the Zetia and the symptoms were back within six or seven weeks. I simply cannot tolerate statins, fribrates or Zetia.
I am exercising six days a week with weights and treadmill use. I continue to take the Welchol and resumed taking 20 mg of Lescol on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I can tolerate the side effects of three day a week usage.
Total cholesterol is now around 225 and my HDL is around 48. My LDL is still too high but it has dropped. I am trying to lose about ten more pounds and increase my time on the treadmill because there is a definite relationship between exercise and HDL levels.
Statins, Zetia or Fibrates may work for many but I cannot tolerate them at all.

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2.5 Stars

Posted 106 months ago (4/26/2006)2

Rated Zetia for High cholesterol Report

not much good so far cholesterol level still 8+

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4 Stars

Posted 107 months ago (4/11/2006)4

Rated Zetia for Diabetes Mellitus Type II Report

great reduction of LDL After 18 years of statins only, living with side effects, Zetia was added to my things to try. LDL has been 75 and 80 on my last two blood tests.
Zetia 10 mg in morning an Crestor 10 mg at night. However, the HDL has not moved upward still in low 40's.
Type II treatment going on 6 years, keeping a 60 day running average of 113 glucose level.

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4 Stars

Posted 107 months ago (4/11/2006)4

Rated Zetia for High cholesterol Report

great reduction of LDL After 18 years of statins only, living with side effects, Zetia was added to my things to try. LDL has been 75 and 80 on my last two blood tests.
Zetia 10 mg in morning an Crestor 10 mg at night. However, the HDL has not moved upward still in low 40's.
Type II treatment going on 6 years, keeping a 60 day running average of 113 glucose level.

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3 Stars

Posted 111 months ago (11/25/2005)3

Rated Zetia for High cholesterol Report

Disappointed ....... After a bad time of it with Lipitor (muscle aches and weakness), I was hoping Zetia would be the one. I liked that it wasn't a statin and had different mode of action. However, after about 6 weeks I felt my usual osteoarthritis pain was getting worse again, plus I had blurry vision that made it impossible for me to read in the evening. So I stopped it. Turns out its effect on my cholesterol was mxed: Total 221 (from 276), HDL 38 (from 45), LDL 123 (from 160), Triglyc. 298 (from 357). Funny how my good cholesterol went down too. Also that triglyc. went down when I thought Zetia doesn't work on triglyc. Anyways, next thing I will be trying will be niacin.

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4 Stars

Posted 118 months ago (5/11/2005)4

Rated Zetia for High cholesterol Report

Lowered my levels a little. No side effects. Not much to say on this drug. It did lower my levels a little bit with no side effects. It is good as a "helper" to statins. I choose to take very low dose of statins (M-W-F) instead of a full dose.

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4 Stars

Posted 122 months ago (1/14/2005)4

Rated Zetia for High cholesterol Report

Risks IF taking with non-statin meds.. It's not a statin, it is an intestinal absorption blocker. Often used in conjunction with statin drugs. If using by itself, the maker claims average 18% LDL reduction.
IF also taking with cholestyramine (bile salt sequestrants) such as Colestid or Questran, this DECREASES your availability of Zetia by 55-80% so you must be monitored. This is from the Rx's precautionary statement.
Coadministration w/fibrates (Lofibra, Tricor) increased Zetia concentrations 1.5x (48-64%). This is also not safety tested YET;therefore not recommended! Source: zetia.com & Rx insert Precuations) Zetia increases cholesterol in gallbladder bile (which is how it removes the cholesterol from your blood). The problem is that if both drugs remove too much cholesterol, your body may not be able to expel all of it from there on its own.

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